Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 8 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 253 | 406–545 | 42.7 | 6 | 78 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 13 | 21–23 | 47.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Demonic Rising | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 17 | 41–37 | 52.6 | 1 | 11 | |
| Azorius Control | 61 | 107–124 | 46.3 | 2 | 17 | |
| Cawblade | 8 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mill | 10 | 17–21 | 44.7 | 1 | 4 | |
| Boros Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 9 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grixis Control | 10 | 10–22 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 6 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Dimir Dragons | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 28 | 37–65 | 36.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 18 | 50–34 | 59.5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Astral Slide | 18 | 50–34 | 59.5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Five Color Control | 7 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Shrines | 6 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bant Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Pox | 18 | 24–44 | 35.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 11 | 18–29 | 38.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Prison | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Enchantress | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 3 |